Posted by Dan Ewert : 8/24/2004 10:36:00 PM (Archive Link)
Yo, Yo, S'up, So-crates?

I've been a tad busy lately and haven't had time to post. I will, however, blog a short observation about the Olympics. Well... actually, it's more about Olympic commentary. The other day, NBC's Jim Somebody was doing one of the human interest stories about Greece that he was apparently assigned to do. When Bob Costas came back on, he said, "Props to you, Jim." Uh-huh. At another point, I was watching men's gymnastics when one of the announcers opined that a particular gymnast's rings routine was sometimes "whack." Uh-huh. I heard another hip-hopism today, but I don't remember what it was. I have no problem with such terms in and of themselves, but I don't really think they belong in offical broadcasting... especially when the people saying it sound RIDICULOUS saying it.